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Couples participate in the three-day fertility dance known as the “Sayaw sa Obando” on Sunday, May 18, at the National Shrine of Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción de Salambao in ...
OBANDO, BULACAN, Philippines — Swaying their hips to music again at the three-day festival here, the couples, who were finally blessed with children after joining the fertility dance, have ...
There was dancing yesterday in the streets of Obando town in northern Philippines, as people feted patron saints they believe bring spouses, fertility and good harvests. Costumed Catholics carrying ...
A statue of the Virgin Mary is paraded during a religious fertility dance festival on May 17, 2017, in Obando, Bulacan, in the Philippines. Photo by Erik De Castro/Reuters ...
“Obando at ang Sayaw ng Pananampalataya (Obando’s Dance of Faith),” which bagged the Best Documentary Film award, asserts that the fertility dance was called “kasilonawan” by the Obando ...
Devotees take part in a fertility dance during a religious festival in Obando, Bulacan May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro OBANDO, Bulacan - There was dancing in the streets of Obando town in the ...
Hundreds of couples flocked to a town in the northern Philippines to take part in a centuries-old ritual dance, honouring a patron saint believed to bring fertility.
Devotees in Obando, Bulacan, observed the town’s fertility rites this year with safety precautions such as social distancing amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. According to Cedric ...
The Obando orational (fertility) dance has a few characteristics that set it apart in the pantheon of Philippine fiestas. The chief one being that it is not dedicated to one or two saints, but three.
Every year for the past four years, Reynan Regalado, 31, and his wife, 29-year-old Michelle, have visited the town of Obando in the northern Philippine province of Bulacan to pray for a child. They ...
OBANDO, BULACAN, Philippines — Swaying their hips to music again at the three-day festival here, the couples, who were finally blessed with children after joining the fertility dance, have ...
By Roli Ng and Peter Blaza. OBANDO, Philippines, May 18 (Reuters Life!) - Hundreds of couples flocked to a town in the northern Philippines to take part in a centuries-old ritual dance, honouring ...